Weather
INSAT-3D
OperationalWeatherGEO
INSAT-3D is a Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) weather satellite, launched on July 25, 2013 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 25, 2013 at 07:54 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Alphasat I-XL (Inmarsat-XL) & INSAT-3D
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,789 km
- Periapsis
- 35,784 km
- Inclination
- 1.91°
- Orbital period
- 1436.1 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
- Manufacturer
- ISRO Satellite Center
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 2,090 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Meteorology
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2013-038B
- NORAD catalog №
- 39216
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
India- Radar cross-section
- 22.1585 m²
- Status
- Operational
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